词条 | RNAS Ballyhalbert |
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|name = RNAS Ballyhalbert HMS Corncrake |native_name = |partof = |location = Ballyhalbert, County Down |image = |caption = |map_type = Northern Ireland |map_size = |map_alt = |map_caption =Location in Northern Ireland |type = Fleet Air Arm base |coordinates = {{coord|54.496|-5.470|type:landmark_region:GB-ARD|display=inline}} |code = |built = {{Start date|1940}} |builder = |materials = |height = |used = 1941-{{End date|1947}} |demolished = |condition = |ownership = Admiralty |open_to_public = |controlledby = {{navy|United Kingdom}} |garrison = Fleet Air Arm |current_commander = |commanders = |occupants = |battles = Second World War |events = |image2 = |caption2 = }} RNAS Ballyhalbert (later HMS Corncrake) was an airfield near Ballyhalbert, in North (County) Down, Northern Ireland during the Second World War, used by the Royal Air Force in the defence of Belfast and, later, by the Royal Navy, when it was a naval air station commissioned as HMS Corncrake. Aircraft types using the airfield included the Supermarine Seafire, and airmen from Australia, New Zealand and Poland were based there. The graves of deceased servicemen from the airbase can be found in the graveyard of Ballyhalbert Church. Units
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References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 {{cite web|url=http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/ballyhalbert |title=Ballyhalbert |publisher=Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust|accessdate=3 November 2013}} External links
3 : World War II sites in Northern Ireland|Royal Naval Air Stations in Northern Ireland|Military history of County Down |
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